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Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2019

The LipiDiDiet trial: what does it add to the current evidence for Fortasyn Connect in early Alzheimer's disease?

Jill Rasmussen

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment Strategies and Their Limitations.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jill RasmussenPrimary Care Specialist Mental Health in Dementia and Learning Disability, Surrey, UK.
Dementia UK · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nutritional factors can influence the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its rate of progression, and there is, therefore, increasing interest in nutrition as a modifiable risk factor for the disease. Synaptic loss is an important feature of early AD, and the formation of new synapses is dependent on key nutritional elements that are known to be deficient in patients with AD. The daily medical food, Souvenaid, contains Fortasyn Connect, a multinutrient combination developed to specifically address these deficiencies, comprising docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, uridine monophosphate, choline, phospholipids, selenium, folic acid, and vitamins B12, B6, C, and E. Although yielding heterogeneous findings, clinical studies of Fortasyn Connect provide preliminary evidence of clinically relevant benefits on cognitive outcomes in prodromal and early AD. The LipiDiDiet trial investigated the effects of Fortasyn Connect on cognition and related measures in prodromal AD, and is the first randomized, controlled, double-blind, multicenter trial study of a non-pharmacological intervention in this setting. The primary efficacy endpoint was change over 24 months in a composite score of cognitive performance using a neuropsychological test battery. Fortasyn Connect had no significant effect on this endpoint, but demonstrated a significant benefit on secondary endpoints, including domains of cognition affected by AD (attention, memory, executive function) and hippocampal atrophy, suggesting a potential benefit on disease progression. Other studies have demonstrated benefits for Fortasyn Connect on nutritional markers and levels of plasma homocysteine. Taken together, current evidence indicates that Fortasyn Connect may show benefit on domains of cognition affected by AD and nutritional measures that influence risk factors for its progression; that it has greater potential for benefit earlier rather than later in the disease; and that it is safe and well tolerated, alone or in combination with AD medications. Further research into its potential role in AD management is therefore warranted.

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Dietary SupplementsNutritional StatusAgedAlzheimer DiseaseDisease ProgressionDocosahexaenoic AcidsDouble-Blind MethodEicosapentaenoic AcidFemaleHumansMaleNeuropsychological TestsOutcome Assessment, Health CarePhospholipidsDocosahexaenoic AcidsEicosapentaenoic AcidFortasyn ConnectPhospholipidscognitionmedical foodmodifiable risk factorsnutrition

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PMID31616139
PMCPMC6699494
OpenAlexW2968482908

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